Main Cutting Force and Cutting Temperature Affected by the Tool Rake Angle Based on Orthogonal Cutting Model

A 2-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element model of metal oblique cutting was developed with a DEFORM 2D. An automatic remesh technique was used to remesh the distortion mesh; a couple of numerical simulations have been developed on the metal oblique cutting process with different tool rake angles, some conclusions was obtained according to the simulation results: the variational rule of cutting force and the temperature distribution of tool-workpiece. Theory foundations are provided to the selection of tool geometry and to improve the surface quality of workpiece.